Hello, and thank you for considering my class! 



I am Teacher Sydney, and I hope to meet you soon! Please feel free to reach out with any questions or requests! :)

Students in my class are motivated by the large variety of fun activities we do, TONS of praise by the teacher, brain breaks (such as quick exercises) and challenges that are just difficult enough (Example: Who can beat the teacher? How many words can you read? Can you beat the time it took you last time?). 

Each activity that I do in class is power-packed to help strengthen reading skills while also being rather fun and engaging. We play games such as "Difference Hunt, Mystery Memory Mix, Lightning Round, Word Sliders, Write the Mystery Word, Segmentation Auscultation, Time to Rhyme, Roll and Read, Letter Blender, Roll a Silly Sentence, What is Missing?, We're Going Camping, BINGO, Memory, and Tic-Tac-Toe." And the list is still growing! Check out the bottom of this class description for examples of these games.

Pedagogy: I focus on phonemic awareness in my class to build strong reading foundations! We practice phoneme isolation, blending, segmenting, adding, deleting, and/or substituting sounds orally as well as visually so students can more easily read new words in the future. I do not encourage students to guess based on the picture or use any other hints. We focus on sounding out each word based on the letter sounds/phonics rules we know.

After class, I provide a summary after class of what we did and link free resources to further your child's knowledge on the topics we covered in class. This may be in the form of worksheets, links to videos or ideas for games you can play at home, etc.
The recordings are shared automatically. I will hide the week's recordings at the end of every week.


*I curate each class based on my learners' needs! This schedule is somewhat flexible given what my learners need help with.
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Game examples:
Difference Hunt: "Stop, steer, drain. Which word is different, and why?"
Mystery Memory Mix: "We spell "chip" C-H-I-P. I have ihcp on the board. Can you put "chip" back in order?"
Lightning Round: A fast paced game testing how fast you can read words we have been practicing.
Word Sliders: Another fast paced game testing how fast you can read words we have been practicing.
Write the Mystery Word: "Write the word "shop" on your whiteboard."
Segmentation Auscultation: "Tell me the sounds in the word "frog.""
Time to Rhyme: "Name all the words you can think of that rhyme with "mat.""
Roll and Read: Roll the dice and see which words you get to read! Can you beat your time from last time?
Letter Blender: "We're starting with the word "cat." Now take off the "c" and replace it with a "r." What do we get?"
Build a Silly Sentence: Students take turns choosing from two words and thus build a sentence! 
What is Missing?: Example: "AB_D_FG_IJ_LM__P." or, "The k_d l_kes to f_sh." Etc.
We're Going Camping: The teacher starts by naming three things to bring "camping" and the students have to spot the pattern! Example: I'm bringing shorts, a ship, and sheep.